The e-mails were sent in 2008, when Chon was a Baghdad
correspondent for the WSJ (she now writes for the Money &
Investing section) and McGurk was an advisor on Iraq to the Bush
administration. The emails highlight a flirtation that began with
a dinner meeting and eventually evolved into flirtatious banter,
planned dinner dates, talk of "blue balls," and a blatant
reference to their first hook-up on June 23, 2008.

Chon and McGurk are now married, but the e-mails, sent from their
respective wsj.com and state.gov accounts, are just plain
embarrassing. The leaked exchange first appeared on flickr
last week, and were
then picked up by Cryptome.

"... I had a very real case of blue balls last night! I think
they're still blue," McGurk wrote in one email to Chon. Then he
added: "They really hurt and won't stop pouting. I may go see the
nurse. :("

To which Chon shot back: "Depending on how u behave, we'll see
about the nurse."

McGurk later wrote: "I did a nice self-healing exercise before
dinner, btw, so the blueness has receded."